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Location:

Herriman,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

St George Marathon: 3:23:54 (10/6/12)

Half IM: 5:44:03 (8/25/12 - course was long!)

25K trail - Buffalo Run (16.5) 2:34:50

Half Marathon: American Fork - 1:30:44  6/23/12

Spectrum 10K 43:42   3/17/2012

Best 5K: Spanish Fork 21:55 05/30/09

Short-Term Running Goals:

Okay, so for 2013 I am going to have FUN! Not that running isn't always fun, but I had a wonderful breakthrough year last year and I want to play this year :) AND get faster! So, my first goal I'm going to put out there is my yearly mileage goal.
It is 2,186 miles from my driveway to my sister (QP's) driveway! I want to spend this year on a virtual trek cross country running those miles. So, that is how far I will run in 2013...from my house to QPs. It will take all year and yes, this is measured on Hwys so it isn't really exactly how I COULD run it, but good enough. 43 miles/week...totally doable, and a fun goal to track how far I've traveled as I go along. Who knows...maybe I'll even run PAST her house :)

I will do more trail runs, Boston, Pacing duties, another Half IM and some other tris. I'm excited for this next year and look forward to having fun with all of you out on the roads, and trails! Maybe bag a few peaks this year too!!

Long-Term Running Goals:


Big Dreams: 5K in 20:2X; 10K in 39:XX; Half in 1:29:XX; Full in 3:15:XX; complete the Rim2Rim2Rim run and not die; Comrades; Iron(wo)Man.

Run for the rest of my life!

Personal:

4 children: twelve, eight, five and baby Fartlek - 2 1/2. Wonderful supportive husband that lets me drag him and the family all over for race after race!

Finished 13 marathons and LOVE running that distance! I'm definitely hooked to the marathon monster and hope to constantly improve my endurance, speed and stay injury free!

I've also found a love of trail running! I hope to keep improving on this front.

After being injured with a broken foot at the first of 2012 I found a tri group and started training with them and am now loving tris! The half IM was harder than I'd ever imagined...and am ready to do it again. I'll earn my bike butt and someday have enough time to train for a full IM.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
BIKE MILES Lifetime Miles: 1168.40
LUCY MILES Lifetime Miles: 25.25
Adidas Lifetime Miles: 319.66
Orange II Lifetime Miles: 390.41
Boston Mizuno Lifetime Miles: 568.97
Fargo Nikes Lifetime Miles: 500.03
BEANS Lifetime Miles: 755.00
Orange Bostons Lifetime Miles: 527.59
Solomon Trail Lifetime Miles: 363.98
PI Tri Shoes Lifetime Miles: 4.00
Boston Mizuno 10s Lifetime Miles: 140.75
New Orange Lifetime Miles: 157.05
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blah, blah, blah...more of the same. 

Had a dentist appointment early this morning so I got to the gym late, but it all worked out well. Went to FIT class, and it was well worth it! Great workout.

I got there in time to do 15 min on the ARC before class, but I put the resistance lower to get a better cadence speed and finished .81 miles @ L35. After class I went back and finished another 30 minutes and 1.61 miles @ L35. I like the faster cadence the lower resistance allows and it seems like a better 'pseudo running' workout. Total of 2.43 miles - good effort.

Leg felt about 80% this morning and the pain is almost gone, wanting to run....

Mizuno Inspire - Oscar Miles: 7.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Merri on Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 16:34:03 from 160.7.252.148

80%, you're so close to 100% :) Nice job on the arc, dentist & fit class.

From Nancy on Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 19:14:43 from 76.23.21.118

I'm glad your leg is getting better. By the way what is an ARC?

From Carina on Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 22:47:21 from 204.15.86.83

I was wondering the same thing. What is an arc trainer? Hang in there, it sounds like your getting closer!!

From LuzyLew on Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 23:46:30 from 71.195.221.218

I didn't realize you were really off. But good. I've had two serious injuries and both times I took serious time off for cortisone shots and PT. Forever more though you have to be careful. Once you have an injury and a weak spot, you have to do exactly what they teach you at PT to prevent it from happening again. My hamstring from my old '08 injury has been bugging me because I've gotten lazy. I'm sorry you're going crazy with the cross training, but at least you already have skills to get the cross training done and you have spin class already in your life. You'll be back to running soon enough. Just try not to let looking at the runners around town make you crazy. So sorry to hear about the shin splints/quad thing....

From RAD on Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 10:42:19 from 98.202.17.113

Merri, I'm afraid of that last 20% taking too many weeks to recover! :(

Nancy, here is a link to a video about the ARC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF7yywqKwvQ

Carina, slowly but surely - seems slower than surer at this point...

Luz, meh, yeah - I don't know how I did this to myself, but whatever it is what it is and now it's time to heal. I'm getting impatient, but that is a runners thing isn't it? :) Watching runners is the WORST thing, but I advert my eyes.

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